How do you choose the right school for your child??

I'm glad you di because teachers do have an impact in child's life and if there dont have the training and the knowledge it could have an impact and cause the child to become lazy. You are very nice uncle/aunt we need more like you! :-)

I never had to think about it. We don't have money to send out kids to private preschools. We had 2 that were supposed to be in preschool this year and it would have cost us about $13000 to send them. That is about 1/3 of my husband's yearly salary and we can barely make ends meet now. We live paycheck to paycheck and there have been some months where there wasn't enough money left over to buy groceries or do laundry after the other bills were paid. So preschool was out for my then 3 and 4 year olds. They are 4 1/2 and 5 1/2 now and have never been in school. My oldest daughter is finishing up 1st grade and is the top of her class--straight As. She did preschool (2 days a week for an hour and a half each day) when she was 4. Then did Kindergarten at the public school here (half days). They taught her to read and she was at a 2nd grade level when she finished. Now she can read anything you put in front of her--from a crafting magazine to a Harry Potter book. She loves to read. She didn't even know all the letter sounds when she started Kindergarten at 5 years old.

In my town there is only the public school, you don't have a choice. So if your child gets stuck with a bad teacher there is nothing you can do about it. Unless you have the money to just pack up and move to another town and try your luck there. There are a few private schools scattered around, but none near me and all of them are religious. I am choosing to homeschool my children to make sure they get the best education they can.